@incollection{collins_place_2007, title = {Place of Writing}, isbn = {null}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvb6v7zz.9}, series = {A Commentary}, abstract = {Irenaeus, who wrote around 180 {CE}, does not explicitly say that Mark was written in Rome, but he seems to assume it. Near the beginning of the third book of his work {\textless}em{\textgreater}Against Heresies{\textless}/em{\textgreater}, he mentions the activity of Peter and Paul in Rome, preaching and laying the foundations of the church. Then he says, “After their departure [that is, their deaths], Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, did also hand down to us in writing what had been proclaimed by Peter” (3.1.1).¹ The description of Mark as the disciple and interpreter of Peter is close to what Papias}, pages = {7--10}, booktitle = {Mark}, publisher = {Augsburg Fortress, Publishers}, author = {Collins, Adela Yarbro}, editor = {Attridge, Harold W.}, urldate = {2020-06-29}, date = {2007}, note = {Free}, }